Genitourinary tuberculosis, the second most common extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB), is very difficult to diagnose unless one maintains a high index of suspicion. Isolated tuberculous epididymitis (ITE), defined as tuberculous epididymitis without clinical evidence of either renal or prostate involvement, is a rare entity among genitourinary tuberculosis. When diagnosed correctly, ITE can be cu...

'NSU Corynebacteria' are commensals of the normal male and female urogenital tracts (Furness, Kamat, Kaminski, and Seebode, 1973). They are so called because they were first described in association with NSU (Fmrness and Csonka, 1966), and the term is retained so that they should not be confused with other diphtheroids, which in contrast are easily isolated on commercial media and are well-know...

Tuberculosis (TB) global prevalence remains almost unchanged over the past few decades. Though genitourinary tract tuberculosis is common, it is rarely associated with scrotal fistula. We present  a rare case of advanced tuberculous epididymo-orchitis (TBEO) which culminated in removing the testis. Before final diagnosis is made, it was unresponsive to empirical therapy of bacterial epididymo-o...

A 68-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of loss of appetite, easy fatigability, and skin pigmentation. Physical examination revealed that the bilateral epididymides were enlarged and hard without tenderness. At 7 a.m., the basal cortisol level in the plasma was 22.4 ng/ml and ACTH 318 pg/ml. The clinical diagnosis was Addison's disease. Biopsy of the right epididymis revealed evi...

Case report A 17 year old Asian college student presented with a two month history of arthralgia, arthritis of his ankles and wrists, numbness of his feet and weight loss. He had a history, for the previous month, of epididymo-orchitis treated at another hospital. He had been investigated for abdominal pain and weight loss by plain abdominal radiography, abdominal ultrasound scan and rectal bio...